Just finished removing all my shims from front camber. After I installed everything new in suspension the camber was way worse than before. Understand it was preloaded for mil use. Looking to at least get neutral camber, drive and see where I stand. Then only adjust it 1 more time. Has anyone gotten a neutral setting like this. A lot of talk about the thrust angle but I don't think this really applies to the 4 wheel independent on my 998, no experience on that. Would ask the shops but the kids can barely do a regular car. My take out shims were matched amounts on left side, right side was 1 or 2 different from 1 bucket to the other. Would have loved to find a civilian H1 and check his shims. Thanks for any feedback, this job is becoming old....
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Camber questions after all new suspension installed
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What is your camber measuring now?
If all shims are removed you may be able to dial in more correction with later model control arm eccentrics from the usual HMMWV parts suppliers.
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If all shims are removed you may be able to dial in more correction with later model control arm eccentrics from the usual HMMWV parts suppliers.
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You are stuck with what ever it is by adding or subtracting, you would need to get the H1 setup if you want to really dial it in...prepare to pay out the yazoo for the parts.
Thanx for your time. Before all the new parts it was a lot positive, the preloaded setup. It got a lot more camber with newvparts. Nobody around here will check it out on a rack. Lots of excuses.
I removed all the shims now. I have not put the rest back together yet. Just want to be close to neutral since it wont be loaded down much.
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what exactly did you replace on the rear suspen?
Thanks for replying. Just looking to get it close to normal after adding all the new parts. Only goes kije 55 or 60 confortably so not trying to get too exact like a high speed unit.
Replaced all upper and lower balljoints. Inner and outer tie rods, pittman arm and idler arm, shocks, rear radius arms, and probably more. The control arm bushings were not bad. Only looking to set a camber that dosent eat my new tires on front. Back camber is looking fairly good. Had 3 shops refuse to put it on a rack for measurements.
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A commercial truck shop will have the rack and fortitude to align it. Expect to pay for several hours of labor though...
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Once I put it back will find commercial shop to give me the results. Thx
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Les Schwab does mine...you need a shop that can do RV’s.
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After dropping the truck back down, did you roll it a decent distance to let the suspension settle?